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The best take on privacy I've ever read (and the only one that actually made me pause and wonder about the hidden assumptions in my thinking) was Jonathan Franz
by alextp 17y ago
The best take on privacy I've ever read (and the only one that actually made me pause and wonder about the hidden assumptions in my thinking) was Jonathan Franzen's Imperial Bedroom ( in http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=5&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.ca%2FHow-Be-Alone-Jonathan-Franzen%2Fdp%2F0002006529&ei=VS8LStX8PJ3GM9in4dML&usg=AFQjCNH6RbIrP0FB_2hWISbasxNCiJbA0g&sig2=noJ1AsELOMb7tCkezZkVEQ http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&... , although I didn't find a direct link).
He basically claims that privacy as we know it is an invention of our age (late 20th century, early 21st), and, as such, it is not necessarily something worth keeping at all costs.
- kqr2 17y agoClean water, improved healthcare, ..., the internet are all modern innovations, however, I think they are worth keeping. Just because we survived without something in the past, doesn't mean it isn't something worth fighting for.